Above normal temperatures are likely for Alaska due to the strong ridge predicted over the northern Pacific.ย ย Below normal temperatures are favored for the western and north-central CONUS. High probabilities of below normal temperatures are also indicated for parts of the northern High Plains, andย above-normal temperatures for most of the eastern and south-central CONUS.
Above-normal precipitation is favored for most of the CONUS.ย Very high chance of above-normal precipitation over parts of the southwestern CONUS andย southern California. Above normal precipitation is also likely for much of Alaska.ย Conversely, below-normal precipitation is favored for the Alaska Panhandle and the northwestern CONUS, and below-normalย precipitation is also favored for the Florida Peninsula.